New Jersey shakes and rattles on Saturday night with latest quake

🚨A small magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported by the USGS in Hasbrouck Heights

🚨Nearly 10,000 people reported to the USGS they felt the quake

🚨Quakes 3.0 and under do not usually cause major damage

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS — It wasn't a Saturday night dance party or fans stomping for joy at the Meadowlands that got the ground rattling this weekend.

A moderate quake was measured in North Jersey late Saturday night by the U.S. Geological Survey — the latest for the region.

The magnitude 3.0 earthquake that occurred around 10:18 p.m. had an epicenter on Madison Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights. It's not far from Route 17 and Teterboro Airport. It is approximately 5 miles from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, which hosted the WWE's Summer Slam event on Saturday night.

The Bergen County Office of Emergency Management said that county emergency services is aware of the quake.

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Not felt by everybody

Reports into the USGS "did you feel it" map show nearly 10,000 reports that came mostly from the northeast corner of the state, New York City, Westchester County and into Connecticut.

There were also reports from along the Jersey Shore and along the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.

Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow said that earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 are rarely felt by humans and cause little damage.

There six very small earthquakes measured in Morris  Plains  in July, the largest measuring 2.0,  and a magnitude 2.4 earthquake in Bergen County in January.

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